LAW 122 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Intentional Tort, Malicious Prosecution, False Imprisonment

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Intentional torts involve intentional, rather than merely careless, conduct. The courts have adopted that broad definition of intention because they want to strongly protect the interests that i have in myself and in my property. From a risk management perspective, they lesson is clear. Before acting in a particular way, you should know much about the consequences of doing so. Assault and battery: people often use those terms interchangeably; and even lawyers use the world assault to describe the crime that occurs when one person physically attacks another. In tort, assault and battery have very different meanings. An assault occurs when the defendant intentionally causes the plaintiff to reasonably believe that offensive bodily contact is imminent. There are several important points in the definition: first, the tort is not based on physical contact; it is based on a reasonable belief that such contact will occur. The tort is designed to keep the peace by discouraging people from alarming others.

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